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Politics & Policy

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke, center, thanks students as he leaves the The Hub Robison Center on the Penn State campus in State College, Pa., Tuesday, March 19, 2019. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania

Beto O’Rourke makes early impression in Pennsylvania visit

Former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke is making an early impression in Pennsylvania, a late-voting state that may yet play a role in the crowded 2020 Democratic presidential primary.

6 years ago

Inside the New Jersey State House building in Trenton. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Dark-money bill advances, sans requirement for retroactive reporting

Is New Jersey actually close to legislation that would require all groups that engage in electioneering and lobbying disclose major donors?

6 years ago

Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Pennsylvania

Pa. House moves Janus-enforcing bill, but a veto likely looms

State House Republicans are trying again to pass a bill that would require union employers to let new hires know they can opt out of collective bargaining.

6 years ago

Marijuana
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New Jersey
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Garden State weed: Why N.J.’s marijuana black market could live on even if it legalizes

New Jersey is poised to become the 11th state to legalize adult use of recreational marijuana. Here's why the black market could still thrive.

Air Date: March 19, 2019

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State Sen. Anthony Williams announces he will run for mayor of Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Philadelphia
Politics

Williams: ‘Dirty,’ ‘dangerous’ Philly needs new leadership

Calling Philadelphia a ‘dirty’ and ‘dangerous’ city, West Philly State Sen. Anthony Williams kicks off mayoral campaign against incumbent Mayor Jim Kenney.

6 years ago

 Three types of marijuana buds are shown at Med Grow Cannabis College in Southfield, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, file)
New Jersey

N.J. Legislature moves one step closer to legalizing recreational marijuana

Two key committees in the N.J. Legislature have approved bills to legalize recreational marijuana and allow past offenders to expunge their criminal records.

6 years ago

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., is one of four high-ranking Democrats to sign a letter to the FBI requesting an investigation into the actions of Li
NPR
National

Democrats call for investigation into pro-Trump former owner of massage parlors

Democrats want to know the extent to which Yang or her businesses have been investigated by the FBI or state authorities for human trafficking or other violations of the law.

6 years ago

The state Capitol building in Harrisburg. (Tom Downing/WITF)
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania lawmaker facing sex assault claim quits House

A western Pennsylvania state lawmaker has resigned two months after being stripped of a chairmanship following allegations that he had sex with an incapacitated woman.

6 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks during a joint meeting of the Democratic-led Assembly and Senate in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, March 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

The provocative millionaire’s tax: Its potential (and past) in N.J.

Gov. Phil Murphy’s determination to try again for a true millionaire’s tax could make budget negotiations with fellow Democrats difficult.

6 years ago

Mayor Pete Buttigieg, of South Bend, Indiana, smiles as he listens to a question during a stop in Raymond, N.H., Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. Buttigieg is weighing a run in the 2020 presidential race. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
National Interest
Elections

Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg (who?!) elevates our civic discourse

"Mayor Pete" from South Bend, Indiana, is a welcome addition to the swelling Democratic roster.

6 years ago

A logo sign on a Hyperloop test track outside of the headquarters of Space Exploration Technologies Corp., also known as SpaceX, in Hawthorne, California, on December 10, 2017. (Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa USA via AP Images)
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Regional Roundup – 3/18/19

In our Monday Regional Roundup, we talk about a proposed hyperloop for Pa, Delaware's popular vote bill, and teenage sleep and school start times.

Air Date: March 18, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:44
Kathryn Whitecotton covers her personal information as she shows her Pennsylvania drivers license and her address update card outside the Penndot Drivers License Center. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Federally approved Real ID driver’s licenses are now available in Pa.

Pennsylvania has beat the federal deadline to make available the new Real ID driver's licenses.

6 years ago

The majority of absentee ballots are rejected in Pennsylvania for lateness, and the rejection rate is increasing. (Alan Diaz/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections

Pa. rejected twice as many absentee ballots in 2018

The majority of absentee ballots are rejected in Pennsylvania for lateness, and the rejection rate is increasing.

6 years ago

In this March 3, 2019, file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and his wife, Jane Sanders, greet supporters as they leave after his 2020 presidential campaign stop at Navy Pier in Chicago. (Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo)
Elections

Is Jane Sanders the most powerful woman not running in 2020?

Jane Sanders remains his closest adviser, making her perhaps the most influential woman in the 2020 campaign who isn't a candidate.

6 years ago

In this Tuesday March 12, 2019 file photo Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to lawmakers in parliament, London. Britain's love-hate relationship with the rest of Europe goes back decades, but the Brexit crisis gripping it today stems from dramatic January 2013 speech by Prime Minister David Cameron in which he promised an
International

UK leader to lawmakers: Back my deal or face lengthy delay

Theresa May also cautioned that if lawmakers failed to back her deal before Thursday's European Council summit, "we will not leave the EU for many months, if ever."

6 years ago

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